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The Next Golf Prodigy?
If you're wondering who will rewrite the record book after Tiger Woods, 6-year-old Reece Campbell may be the answer
By Lisa Taddeo
Associate Editor, GOLF MAGAZINE
Looking out across the gray coastal shards of Fife, Scotland, high up on the 17th hole at Kinghorn Golf Club, the golfer tees his ball. He's dressed in all blue and white, the colors and form of St. Andrew's Cross, looking like something of a Highlands astronaut. And it's fitting, too, because he fully intends to drive the ball to the moon. Staring down the green as though daring it to avoid the thump of his ball, he takes the club back like a coil and mightily releases, like a spring, swing after swing after swing.
can't read "article_id": no such variableHe drives it as straight as 6 o'clock nearly every time. He plays consistently precise wedges tight to the hole. He rolls in 60-foot putts. Riding a spray of sand, his ball shoots up toward the hole, crawling to within inches. That's fine, leave him a tap-in—he'll broom it in one-handed like a Tour player and move on.
This could be, you'd think if you saw him, the next Tiger Woods. Nay, he could make the world forget Tiger ever existed. But wait. In fact, wait 10 years or so. Because this golfer, with his icy confidence and his dream shots, with his disarming good looks and his champion's stare, is all of 6 years old.
Reece Matthew Campbell Murphy, aka Tiny Woods, with nearly as many words in his name as he's logged years in his life, did not come to the game by watching his father, like Jack Nicklaus or Woods. Nor did Reece learn from a teacher or a swing coach or a summer camp. Rather, Reece learned the game by watching his father toggle the controls to Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 on Sony PlayStation. A video game. At 18 months, he was mimicking the characters with a ruler and a plastic golf club, both of which he held crosshanded (left hand under right), just as he still holds the club for every swing.
can't read "article_id": no such variableThis tiny Tiger's introduction to the game doesn't conjure fairy-tale visions of a young boy putting on pocked greens, learning organically with the land, like young Seve Ballesteros on a moonlit beach. But neither does the robotic squadron of Nike-visored, Eccoshod fairway rats at phenom mills like the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., where children inhale swing dynamics and exhale childhood as their clucking parents pace driving ranges, having their swing thoughts for them...
(full article)
http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/features/features/article/0,17742,1533067,00.html
(golf swing)
http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/video/popup/0,26967,1532813,00.html
Reece: Age 3, shoots 49 on a par-32 9-hole course.
T: Age 5, appears on ABC-TV's That's Incredible
R: Age 5, flown to New York City for a spot on ESPN's Cold Pizza
T:Age 6, makes his first birdie, on a 91-yard par 3
R: Age 4, drops his first birdie, on a 150-yard par 3
T:Age 6, makes his first hole-in-one (and his second)
R: Age 5, makes his first ace
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Reece's Pieces
A quick look at what makes Tiny Tiger tick
can't read "article_id": no such variableResidence: Newmills, Dunfermline, Scotland
Born: March 21, 2000
Height: 4'2"
Weight: 44 lbs
Longest drive: 251 yards
Lowest tournament score: 44 on 9 holes in Tom Lehman Trophies (the biggest junior event in UK)
Favorite colors: pink and white
Hobbies: Sony PlayStation, toy soldiers
Bedtime: 8:30 p.m.
Favorite course: The Old Course, St. Andrews
Player he idolizes: Tiger Woods
Player he wants to dethrone: Tiger Woods
How much his parents spend on his golf annually: "A lot."
Year he can legally drink: 2018
Daily allowance: 50 pence (92 cents), contingent on his daily practice
Salary he could make in the year 2018 if he's as good as Tiger: A lot. (first prize at 2018 British Open estimated at $2,786,981.)
The Next Golf Prodigy?
If you're wondering who will rewrite the record book after Tiger Woods, 6-year-old Reece Campbell may be the answer
By Lisa Taddeo
Associate Editor, GOLF MAGAZINE
Looking out across the gray coastal shards of Fife, Scotland, high up on the 17th hole at Kinghorn Golf Club, the golfer tees his ball. He's dressed in all blue and white, the colors and form of St. Andrew's Cross, looking like something of a Highlands astronaut. And it's fitting, too, because he fully intends to drive the ball to the moon. Staring down the green as though daring it to avoid the thump of his ball, he takes the club back like a coil and mightily releases, like a spring, swing after swing after swing.
can't read "article_id": no such variableHe drives it as straight as 6 o'clock nearly every time. He plays consistently precise wedges tight to the hole. He rolls in 60-foot putts. Riding a spray of sand, his ball shoots up toward the hole, crawling to within inches. That's fine, leave him a tap-in—he'll broom it in one-handed like a Tour player and move on.
This could be, you'd think if you saw him, the next Tiger Woods. Nay, he could make the world forget Tiger ever existed. But wait. In fact, wait 10 years or so. Because this golfer, with his icy confidence and his dream shots, with his disarming good looks and his champion's stare, is all of 6 years old.
Reece Matthew Campbell Murphy, aka Tiny Woods, with nearly as many words in his name as he's logged years in his life, did not come to the game by watching his father, like Jack Nicklaus or Woods. Nor did Reece learn from a teacher or a swing coach or a summer camp. Rather, Reece learned the game by watching his father toggle the controls to Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 on Sony PlayStation. A video game. At 18 months, he was mimicking the characters with a ruler and a plastic golf club, both of which he held crosshanded (left hand under right), just as he still holds the club for every swing.
can't read "article_id": no such variableThis tiny Tiger's introduction to the game doesn't conjure fairy-tale visions of a young boy putting on pocked greens, learning organically with the land, like young Seve Ballesteros on a moonlit beach. But neither does the robotic squadron of Nike-visored, Eccoshod fairway rats at phenom mills like the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., where children inhale swing dynamics and exhale childhood as their clucking parents pace driving ranges, having their swing thoughts for them...
(full article)
http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/features/features/article/0,17742,1533067,00.html
(golf swing)
http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/video/popup/0,26967,1532813,00.html
Reece: Age 3, shoots 49 on a par-32 9-hole course.
T: Age 5, appears on ABC-TV's That's Incredible
R: Age 5, flown to New York City for a spot on ESPN's Cold Pizza
T:Age 6, makes his first birdie, on a 91-yard par 3
R: Age 4, drops his first birdie, on a 150-yard par 3
T:Age 6, makes his first hole-in-one (and his second)
R: Age 5, makes his first ace
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Reece's Pieces
A quick look at what makes Tiny Tiger tick
can't read "article_id": no such variableResidence: Newmills, Dunfermline, Scotland
Born: March 21, 2000
Height: 4'2"
Weight: 44 lbs
Longest drive: 251 yards
Lowest tournament score: 44 on 9 holes in Tom Lehman Trophies (the biggest junior event in UK)
Favorite colors: pink and white
Hobbies: Sony PlayStation, toy soldiers
Bedtime: 8:30 p.m.
Favorite course: The Old Course, St. Andrews
Player he idolizes: Tiger Woods
Player he wants to dethrone: Tiger Woods
How much his parents spend on his golf annually: "A lot."
Year he can legally drink: 2018
Daily allowance: 50 pence (92 cents), contingent on his daily practice
Salary he could make in the year 2018 if he's as good as Tiger: A lot. (first prize at 2018 British Open estimated at $2,786,981.)
